After we visited Saturn, we went to the mall, as I had to pick up some work pants. I usually like to have on hand two work-weeks worth of work pants. But for various reasons of no time to shop and natural clothing attrition, I am several pair short of that baseline.

The girls were very good. Very patient with me. We ended up being in the store for more than an hour (for reasons which I'll soon rant about), so I told them that if they continued to be good, we could walk around the mall. So after I did my work shopping, we did in fact stroll around the mall.

The girls got to play for awhile at the indoor playground recently installed at Crossroads Mall. We also checked out the pet store, a favorite activity for the girls when we visit that mall. They like to pet the puppies and rabbits that are on display.

I didn't want to be at the mall long enough for dinner time to roll around, but that became unrealistic quickly. We ended up eating at Garfield's, and though the food was good, we had an experience worthy of a rant, but I'm not sure I'm going to put the time into it.